Whatculture.com has come up with a list of 10 things that Zack Snyder's Man of Steel must avoid from Bryan Singer's 2006 production of Superman Returns. We present itmes 6-10 of that list.10. METROPOLIS:Superman Returns tried very hard – mostly successfully – to establish Metropolis as a city that is in every way a match for a real-life metropolis like New York City. (Something that Tim Burton famously ignored by creating a shockingly empty Gotham City for his 1989 Batman). What the movie forgets to do, is to populate this Metropolis with real people. People who react to the events around them in a believable way. That doesn’t just mean running away from a gas line exploding underneath your feet, screaming in terror, and managing to only come across as either victims or apathetic. Other than for a few newspaper articles and a nice standing ovation at a ballgame, Metropolis hardly seems to acknowledge or care that the hero of their city has returned. We have to know what it is that Superman spends his life protecting, if we’re going to be asked to care about the outcome. A hero is nothing if he has nothing worthwhile to save. Man of Steel owes us a Metropolis with some character.

JL8 (formerly known as Little League) is Yale Stewart's wonderful online comic that takes the Justice League characters and puts them in elementary school. Why DC/Warners hasn't picked this one up for an animated series is anyone's guess. But in the meantime, take a look at strip #1. To check them all out, click HERE. And to see a larger version of the strip, just click on it.

Michael Shannon, who plays General zod in Man of Steel, will next be seen in The Iceman, which is based on the true story of contract killer Kuklinski and spans from the 1960s to the 1980s. Also starring is Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta and Captain America himself, Chris Evans.

September 04, 2012

One minute they're locking lips on the cover of Justice League #12, the next they're beating the crap out fo each other in the game Injustice: Gods Among Us. Checkout the game's walkthrough featuring a battle between Superman and Wonder Woman.

Geoff Boucher's Hero Complex features an interview he conducted with veteran artist Neal Adams regarding the collaboration Adams did with writer Denny O'Neil on the 1978 one-shot comic book special, Superman vs. Muhammad Ali. In this video interview, Adams details how the project came about, its intent and a few other secrets about its making.

When word reaches you that both Diane Lane and Michael Shannon (Martha Kent and Zod, respectively) are returning to Chicago, where they shot June 2013's Man of Steel, the first concern is that it's for reshoots. In truth, their return to the Windy City has nothing at all to do with Superman. Instead, as reported by the Chicago Tribune, the lure is of a different kind. "Diane Lane and Michael Shannon will both return this fall in the name of theater," offers the paper/site.
"Lane will star in the Goodman Theatre’s production of Sweet Bird of Youth Sept. 14-Oct. 25 and will be on hand for Goodman’s Season Opening Benefit Sept. 24... [Shannon] will co-host A Red Orchid Theatre’s 20th anniversary gala Nov. 12 at Sunda and The Underground. Next year, Shannon, who co-founded the Old Town theater, is scheduled to star in A Red Orchid’s production of Simpatico June 13-July 28."

Cineplex magazine has conducted an interview with actor Henry Cavill, in which he talks briefly on his role as Superman in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, coming to theatres next summer. “What I can say is that it’s a modernization of the character and a very realistic view of one, obviously, very fantastic individual,” he said. “It’s an unreal situation, but it’s approached from a very practical viewpoint. We wanted to make the character easier to identify with. It’s important to do the role justice. There are a lot of people relying on me to do this well. I gladly accept that responsibility, and it’s a great one to have because it’s a wonderful opportunity. I don’t let the pressures get to me because that’s going to hinder my performance and, therefore, let people down. So I choose to ignore the pressure side of it and focus on doing justice to Superman.”